MALTESE CROSS


Meaning of MALTESE CROSS in English

■ noun a cross with arms of equal length which broaden from the centre and have their ends indented in a shallow V-shape.

Origin

so named because the cross was formerly worn by the Knights Hospitallers, a religious order based in Malta 1530–1798.

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